I am an ordinary person living an ordinary life. I work as a medical doctor, running a family clinic although i am trained in occupational medicine and safety.
I believe in the good of the world. That good value always triumphs over bad, that good guys always win against the bad, that truth will always prevail over lies, that the world can be a bright, good place to live in for all of us.
I believe that all men are born equal and whatever injustice, whatever unfairness should be done away.
Mine is a moderate voice trying to go against a strong current of extremist and racialistic views. But however small and soft, if everyone of you can join me, then our small voice can be stronger and louder. It can make a difference.
Together, let us build a new bright world which in the words of Thomas Friedman, the Pulitzer price winning journalist, is being flattened.
The world is flat and every nation, every person should join hand to make our home planet a safe ,joyous and prosperous place for our future generations.
Dr Hsu Dar Ren
(For Chinese language readers, pls visit this link. 华文读者,请至 关于本人
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Sadly, it remains not many people around us nowadays who do carry or share the concept of practising ‘goodness’ to the people. When the issues of ‘interest’ arises, the selfishness will tend to supercede the theory of practising “goodness”. We have often been striving and fascinating to bring the world from the bad to the good, and to persistently propagating the theory to the people around us. But, theories remains theories, it does not march alongside with practical reality. As the selfishness grow larger and larger, it cover and hide the theory of goodness within us. Worse still, if the leadership of the country do not practise the requisite “goodness” to the people at large but merely for their own self interest.
I do concede men should be born equally, fairly and deserving the fundemental rights of seeking for justice. But when the atmosphere around us appeared to be contrary, we have no choice but to accept the real and practical reality. We may be despaired, but we could not help. Of course, men should not lived without objective and concept, so perhaps it is best to remain all these good concepts as our ultimate pursuance of conceptual goal.
As you said, and I hope, with the small and soft voices like us, we hope we may be able to attract more and more people sharing the same heart and idea, to join together and to amplify our ideas and concepts for the betterment of our people’s tomorrow. To gradually pull our people back from the bad to the good, albeit not an easy task.
By: Low Keing Hooi on November 9, 2006
at 9:14 pm
Thank you for your comment Low. I share the same view and vision as you. Together , let us do our small part to make it a better place to live.
By: hsudarren on November 10, 2006
at 1:53 pm
cheers.. for the betterment of tomorrow!
By: Low Keing Hooi on November 10, 2006
at 6:25 pm
read yr comments. keep on commenting. agreed that the airport heist showed the incompetence of those entrusted with doing a good job. surely there will be a big black mark on penang
By: dr chin on November 22, 2006
at 3:26 pm
Thank you Dr Chin,. Will try to be impartial and fair in my comments. Hope to do my little bit to help achieve the aim of a Bangsa Malaysia and a fair and equitable society.
By: hsudarren on November 23, 2006
at 11:07 am
all the darkness in the world cannot supress nor overwhelm the light from the smallest candle.
If Good man and woman do not do anything to fight injustice they condemn the rest of the citizens who do not have skill, technology nor facts to speak up for themselves to bad government.
By: jordan Tan on January 5, 2007
at 4:38 pm
Why are there so much injustice , war, suppression and sickness.
visit http://www.coleman300.com and read about the truth behind all the world’s woes.
200 white papers and monographs for your investigation and reflection.
By: jordan Tan on January 5, 2007
at 4:41 pm
Thank you Jordan for letting me know about this site.
Let us join hand together to fight injustice. As you have aptly said, darkness cannot suppress light from the smallest candle. If all the small candles can be lighted together, we can hopefully turn darkness into dawn. I notice more and more people are beginning to speak out and that is a good sign.
By: hsudarren on January 6, 2007
at 9:04 am
Dr Hsu, I noticed that the cost of visiting of doctors has gone up after the recent registration of docs by the Health Ministry.
I am 64 and am a firm believer of the maxim that prevention is better than cure, and with this in mind, I have blood pressure tests every few months.
One clinic charges RM10, another RM15 & still others RM22.
Previously, I just walked into a clinic and asked for a blood pressure test (only this test) and was charged RM5.
I think that the doctors are passing the cost of registration to their patients which is not right.
If the docs felt that the registration fees are too high, they should thresh it out with the Health Minister – that’s the right and proper way of doing things instead of making their patients the fall guy!
Remember, many patients are far worse off than themselves, what with so many price increases within a short span of time. For retirees like me every cent counts!
By: Winston on January 27, 2007
at 6:35 pm
Mr Winston thank you for your comment. I apologise for taking a few days to answer because I call up a few doctors friends and asked them whether anyone of them passed the costs of registration to their patients. The answer, fortunately is no.
However, some of them have revised their charges to be line with the fees schedule listed under the Private Health Care and Health facilities Act that was passed recently. Under the act, all clinics have to follow the fees schedule listed by the government and the minmal consultation fees (without medication) under the schedule is a whopping RM 30.
Most of the doctors are against this act. The registration fees is actually a small matter. It is a one time fee of RM1500/=
We have a year grace period to follow the Act after the registration. Failure to adhere to the schedule can be fined as high as RM300,000/= or 6 years jail. For your information, I am still sticking to my old fees which is below that in the schedule.
As regards your encounter with different fee charges, I am full of sympathies for you but I cannot comment on my fellow doctors because it would be unethical for me to do so.
My best advice is that next time go to the one who provide the best service for you with the least charge.
By: hsudarren on January 30, 2007
at 1:48 pm
Hi, Dar Ren,
Will you mind give me a direct contact, like phone number so that I can may you a visit in the future if I go to K.L. many Chung Ling friends also has lost your contact.
From Khoo Ah Chew
By: Dr. Khoo Ah Chew on March 20, 2007
at 11:36 am
I will send to u via Sumedical77 group. you r welcome to call me up if u r in town.
By: hsudarren on March 20, 2007
at 8:33 pm
Hi there Dr. Hsu
I sincerely agree with your comments on how Chopin and Liszt are the greatest composers and piano the world has ever known. Their compositions are able to bring out the deepest emotions within ourselves.
Anyway on another topic, I do believe that doing good is something everyone should strive for but unfortunately it is obvious that corruption is everywhere, immoral actions are practiced and it does make you wonder whether there ever will be a day when there wont be such things.
Also i would like to ask, since you are a doctor, what it is like and how a doctor should act when he is around his patients. What are things that doctors need to pay attention to? Emotionally especially. As you see, I myself am interested in studying medicine next year, but the prerequisites for entry into the course is very competitive.
Entry is based on 3 things (in Australia), UMAT test (which is like an aptitude test) which tests logical reasoning, understanding of people and non logical reasoning (which is looking for patterns and trends). Any advice on what a doctor should be would be very helpful.
Last but not least i would like to wish you the best of luck in trying to achieve your aim of making the world a better place. I’m positive that the we all need more of people like you.
Many thanks
Justin
By: Justin Hau on April 16, 2007
at 7:29 pm
It seems i have left out quite abit on my comment… >_
By: Justin Hau on April 16, 2007
at 7:32 pm
Justin,
Thanks for your kind comments.
Just for your information, three of my children are in medicine. One already working in the States, one in fifth yr Auckland, and one just enter medical school.
The chinese has a saying, a doctor must behave like a parent towards his patients. We must love our patients like we love our kids. Not aways poossible, human being human, but we have to try.
We need to have patience, maybe that’s why patients are called patients to remind doctors to be patient. We need to have good rapport, we need to really like people. We have to talk a lot, even sometimes repeating again and again when the patients would be asking you on same topic again and again, just to make ourselves clear.
It is not easy to be like that alwaya, we being human, we some time may lose our patience, too. But over the years, if you genuinely love your work and like your patients, you find that you become closer and closer to most of your patients.
Of course, I am running a family practice clinic, in which I see the same patients over and over again. I see my child patients grow up , become adults, married and have their own kids which become my patients too. And that helps to creat mutual understanding and friendship.
However, don’t ever get emotionally attached to your patients. You can be friendly with them but don’t get emotionally attached, otherwise, you will get badly affected, say when one of your favourite hypertension patients suddenly develop a stroke or die, , it can really affect you.
But Life is not a bed of roses. Medicine is a life long responsibility. Medicine is a life-long learning processs. Maybe that’s why I am always learning new things, besides medicine. Medicine needs long hours, need your physical presence and so when your lawyer or engineeering friends are having frequent holidays, you have to be physically present in your clinic to deal with your patients. You cannot delegate your work. You have to have a sense of responsibility.
There is a saying , ” to cure seldom, to relieve sometimes, but to comfort always”. If you can have that “comforting” attitude, then medicine is the field for you.
Try not to let medicine dictate your life. I suppose you play piano. My children are all good pianists, so when they get upset, they get bored, they get disillusioned, they resort to music ,. That always helps. So when you do medicine, don’t give up your music. You will find it handy when you actually practice medicine next time.
By: hsudarren on April 16, 2007
at 8:37 pm
Thank you Dr. Hsu for you advice. I really appreciate it. Yes I do play the piano and I am currently learning to play Liebestraume Nocturne 3. by Franz Liszt.
I have tried for medicine this year but unfortunately I did not have the academic scores which were required for entry.
As a result I am currently studying engineering and computer science, but i cannot find the patience with this course. However if i want to try again for medicine next year i need to do well this year.
I just can’t see myself as an engineer. I genuinely want to help as many people as possible and to achieve this i want to be a doctor. That is the one thing that i really regret, not getting the academic scores.
My apologies for the droning of my life. I am sure you have better things to do.
Once again, many thanks for your advice.
Also congratulations on being able to raise such great kids who are obviously very talented. I wish you the best for the rest of this year.
Yours sincerely,
Justin
By: Justin Hau on April 17, 2007
at 9:03 pm
Justin,
If u really wish to be a doctor, may be go for a bachelor degree. some of the medical schools in Australia, as well as medical schools in Canada and US, they take in only students with a basic degree. This is to make sure that those who do medicine are mature and have a better perspective in life. If there is a will, there is a way. I am sure you can do it.
Glad to have u visit my blog. Rgds and allthe best to you.
By: hsudarren on April 17, 2007
at 9:31 pm
i agrees that all beings are born equal. but sad to say that is not always the case. i worked in the corporate world and there is this thin “invisible” line that you don’t cross when it comes to promotion or filling a senior position. I believes in giving the job to the best person regardless of race or religion. Sad to say we have a BIG BROTHER that will question us on the racial composition of the management team. i have lost faith in the system have resigned to the fact that there is no such thing as EQUAL.
By: bethune on May 31, 2007
at 1:43 pm
Dr Hsu,
In the short time I have spent perusing your blog you have come across as a very sincere and compassionate person. It is heartening to know that Malaysia can still count on people of your calibre.
I was wondering if you had heard of an initiative launched by a lawyer, Haris Ibrahim. The initiative is aimed at bringing accountability and respectability back to our Parliament.
If I were in Malaysia I would be involved myself. As it is, the most I can do is spread the word.
I hope you will seriously consider working with Haris to make Malaysia a better place for all of us.
His website is: http://www.harismibrahim.wordpress.com
Take care.
By: Umran on June 3, 2007
at 11:49 am
Thank you, Umran. All of us want our country to be clean, efficient, progressive and be a model for all nations, not because of anything else, but solely because this is our country. Just like we would do whatever we can for our parents and children, we need to come forward to contribute in whatever little way we can to achieve this objective.
I always stress that we are lucky because we have a very beautiful country and a very beautiful people.
I will contact Haris and I welcome all those who love Malaysia to be with us.
By: hsudarren on June 3, 2007
at 12:19 pm
Keep it up. We need people like you. We will have to go the Mahatma Ghandhi way- “Not to retaliate and not to yield”. Our country and the world would be a better place to live if a little bit of you stays in so many of us.
Truth is the way. Justice to all. All are equal.
Warm regards.
Balachandran Veerayan
By: Balachandran Veerayan on June 19, 2007
at 7:41 am
Thanks Balachandran. We are nobody but together all of us can make a diifference. That is what the great Mahatma Ghandhi’s way,
All men are equal. All men are brothers.
By: hsudarren on June 19, 2007
at 3:20 pm
It is a shame that people who seek a better tomorrow seek to achieve it through a horrible today. Seize the moment good doctor. Celebrate the advancement of our children and ourselves. Celebrate the advancement of the Malays who we mistreated for generations under the British and even after that. Celebrate the foresight of our forefathers who agreed to the NEP at independence.
Beofre we look for a better tomorrow we have to be able to look to our past to see how far we have come and ask if we appreciate what we have received and achieved. Otherwise you will become like the self promoting members of parliament, narcississtic to the core and devoid of substance, peddling another form of race chauvanism.
Singapore is an example of what an invited race of migrants can achieve at the expense of the indigenous people. Whilst keeping them at economically better levels than many of their counterparts in the surrounds, they are deprived of their culture, swamped by Mandarin speakers and writers and made to keep quiet. Much like the parrot in a cage who is fed regularly,secure from other wild beasts, has the attention of its master (as long as it sings his tune and does not fly away) and is kept as ashowcase of its masters status and his ‘kindness’ to animals. But the parrot will never be free till the cage door is open or the regime decides caging birds is cruel and it must be set free.
You are quite clearly interested in a better tomorrow. And I suspect you are genuine. But what is better by your standards? What do you lack that you would not deprive others of given half the opportunity?
If God wanted us all to be Chinese and Indians he would have made the whole world India and China. But he in his wisdom also made Malaysia with Malays as the dominant race with entitlements and benefits given any majority anywhere.
Good luck and God bless you. I hope you will not like others resort to personal attacks and assumptions of who your writers belong to or who pays them and the rest which I notice very unfortunately many Malaysian non Malay blogs end up doing then barring their writers who do not accept their narrow point of view. Poor show of Democracy.
God Bless you.
By: James McDougal on June 26, 2007
at 5:16 pm
James, if that is your name even though I suspect you are not the westerner you pretend to be.
It does not really matter whether I am a Chinese or you a Malay or indian. Race should not be a consideration at all in a fair and just society. Call me an idealist, but that is what I really believe.
Any person who is weak, irregardless of race, must be helped. But we must give a chance for all to develop their talents and skills, which can only be done by giving them fair competition. Otherwise, how are we going to compete against the outside world?
By: hsudarren on June 26, 2007
at 6:33 pm
I am somewhat disappointed that you would chose to cast aspersions on my character and fall into a trap of being what you petend not to be. A Chinese chauvanist parading as a wannabe do gooder. I am part Scottish and part English. I lived in Malaysia where in actual fact I was born then returned to England after my father decided to give up working for the famous Harrisons and Crossfields rubber estates in Malaysia. We did get to move around and yes my father knew Lee Kuan Yew who himself referred to Chinese as Chauvanists wanting it all for themselves.
Your immediate knee jerk reaction reveals what lies behind your veneer of respectability of brotherhood and all bon homme in your opening remarks about my name and your ’suspicions’ of what I pretend to be. Such presumtions from a person wanting fair paly?
I for a moment believed you may have been genuine. But then again Amway used doctors too to penetrate the market by using the so called credibility of your profession to rip people off and to exploit people who would not be paid for their work.
Sadly instead of finding a genuinely open forum seeking to unite people, you let slip your real persona. You cannot be fair or real with what you claim is what you want. There is more of a Mao Tze Tung in you than the Gandhi you claim to admire.
Perhaps you should first ensure you aree free then ensure those who express themselves freely even if in disagreement with you are given a right to express themselves without your offensive personal attacks about who and what they are or in your words,”What they pretend to be”. If the substance of a posting speaks for itself and carries merit you should celebrate the diversity of that response in your debate.
Fair competition is something you clearly cannot in your wildest dreams imagine or understand as it appears alien to your person. I did not manifest that quality of unfair personal criticism you did so by your attack.
If the Chinese are second class citizens in Malaysia, please make me one as well. I would not mind the second class status for the belligerence, the money grubbing, the brothel owning, drug pushing and politician bribing qualities you espouse as a virtue which other civilised beings eschew.
Sorry Good Doctor, for freedom to thrive and a fair deal to be had, you have to understand and live by those ideals.
Maybe Lo Hsin Han of Burma is your ideal of fair chance, or perhaps Ferdinand Marcos, or even his successor the thieving Cory Aquino, or Thaksin Sinawatra or other Chinese despots of the region who all preach what they cannot practice and act as gatekeepers of the western interests in the region would be your ideal for Malaysia.
Nice try Doctor.
By: James McDougal on June 29, 2007
at 12:52 pm
James, if that is really your name, (which is not really important)
I won’t stoop so low as to launch a personal attack and name calling. Please do not be emotional when I am just voicing my belief that help should be given to those weak and socially disabled, not based on racial consideration. If that is deemed chauvinistic, then there is no more universal value in the world. Please read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is posted in my blog too.
Ande please do not think that by I am attacking you by just asking whether you are the westerner that your name portrays. It is only natural that I ask since you did not give any real identity, with contact address/actual email etc. If by just asking whether you are really a westerner constitute a personal attack, I am really at a losss what is the meaning of ‘attack’?
The readers of my post, “all men are brothers” in which I reply to your comment, or for that matter the whole of my blog, can judge for themselves; in fact in all my post I have been consistently advocating a fair and just society, not based on any racial consideration.
After reading through my posts and your comments, readers can ask themselves, who is the chauvinist? Who is having an emotional outburst , so much so even the whole profession of doctors was attacked. Anyway, I don’t sell Amway products and I don’t do any direct sales. I don’t do any business either, just for your information. I can tell you, James, there are still many good doctors around, even with a small number of black sheep in the profession.
I also do not believe in ethnic profiling.. about brothels, drugs pushing and so on.
I believe in a fair and equal society, you can call me a socialist, yes, but no where in my posts did I express chauvinist tendency.
Ask your priest if God really favours a dominant race? Read all the scriptures, am I not right to say that God treats every race equally? Am I not right to say that all men are basically the descendents of a same ancestors from Africa? We are all brothers. James, you are my brother too.
James, although it is my stated policy that I won’t entertain any comments with personal attacks and name calling, I still post your whole uneditted comment to let readers judge by themselves.
But I reserve the right not to publish any more comments with name callings and any comments using a false identity.
By: hsudarren on June 29, 2007
at 2:12 pm
Hello Mr James.
I have been an Amway Member for a long time, I am rather impressed in the way you criticized Amway about the method we do promotion, from your posted comment.
Whether Amway really hires some of the professionals to advertise its products, it still depends very much on solid evidence to get you a room for criticism. In fact, our products have been helping many people all over the world, regardless of their races and religions. I am sure some of Mr James’s family members have used Amway products too.
The olden Asia value believes that something sharp could destroy the balance of the surrounding, but anything that takes the form of sphere, would never do so, mentally and physically applicable. Fairness and tactfulness are the very important elements to bring peace and balance to our world, definitely not extremism. From your comments, it is pretty sure that extremism does exist in your thought. May be, with Amway’s product and social service, it may help you to get rid of it.
Hence, I really wish to help you, but without your real identity, it could never be done. Maybe you come to give your real email? Or Dr Hsu, can you supply with his I.P address?
I hope you could reveal your real identity, I may try to locate your actual location through Amway search engine by applying your I.P in it, and I also hope that Dr Su could provide your I.P attached to your comment, to ensure we have a smoother progress in searching your real identity.
Amway does have a lot of members whose professions range from doctors (of all kinds), engineers to normal citizen, I believe a large portion of people among them, are also of mixed race of Scottish and English, and live in England, maybe nearby your housing area, I can recommend a service for you that personal counseling or face-to-face psychiatric treatment could be arranged in your favor, for having such extremist thoughts, I think you need the help of doctors to cure you of your prejudice.
Anywhere, I am very proud of being an Amway member. So far, never heard of an Amway member conducting personal attack, criticism of religion and racial discrimination openly in public.
I really hope to meet you face to face to tell you more about Amway products. I also hope to introduce our Amway legal advisor to you to counsel you not to belittle Amway, so that you won’t get into legal problems.
Regards,
Jason Y
c.c. Amway Headquarters, USA.
By: Jason Y on June 30, 2007
at 12:27 pm
James,
Regarding the matter of fair and equal society, if you have doubts about Declaration of Human Rights, perhaps your view is just opposite of what is the universal value, which meant that you are from an unfair and unjust society.
What is your feeling if the racial proportion is vice versa? So, you see my point. We should not use race and religion in the nation building process. It is against the belief of all human kind!!!
Regards,
James McDougal II
By: James McDougal II on June 30, 2007
at 12:29 pm
Hi Jason Y, Thanks for your comment. But as a matter of respecting the privacy of my readers, I cannot reveal the IP address to anyone, even if that person has gone beyond the boundary. It is because it is really easy to trace a person’s location with the IP . It is a matter of principle.
By: hsudarren on July 1, 2007
at 9:39 am
I like your message very much and am leaving a short comment so I can track back to it later and put your URL on my blogroll. Would that be alright with you?
By: rationalpsychic on July 13, 2007
at 3:57 am
All this talk about making this world a better place has gotten into my nerves lately. You see, I get to hear this stuff from a lot of people. And from that ‘a lot of people’, only a few live up to their words. Promises, promises and more promises. The greatest example of these kinds of people are the world’s politicians. Damn fools they are. And damn fools we are for believing in their words. It’s sickening actually.
I like your site. I believe in your views. I believe in what you write and in what you think.
By: killerthought on July 27, 2007
at 4:15 pm
Very noble aspirations indeed, but alas, human greed and hatred of today far out-weigh the simplistic ideals of a peaceful planet that is now systematically devoured by military conflicts creating untold human miseries and pain. This is a uphill battle that may never be won. Might help if there are 5 billion Dr. Hsu’s!
By: yingyang on July 29, 2007
at 8:18 am
Hello Dr Hsu, Its great to be on this site. This site did make a lot of sense. I also truly support your thoughts and all the best in spreading the message around the globe… lets all work together to make it relly happen…….
By: kingoflove on July 29, 2007
at 4:34 pm
Soft voice is something like a mild medicine, it is good and effective for light illness like cold and flu. Once in our Country, it was supposed to be a promised land for all of us to live happily, peacefully, day in day out with bright sunshines, though at times some little clouds and rain, has now contagious with a serious illness- a social cancer!
Ever since when, corruptions serious enough to blast out the whole Nation crept in, typically like an example of Taiwan’s, we see how people suffer due to the most killing social disease-corruptions have taken over command of good governance and the basic moral value! Comparatively, Peoples of Taiwan are fortunate enough to be blessed by the spirit of true democracy, freedom of speeches and you can see TVBS as one good example, playing its role in scrutinizing and whipping the unscrupulous politicians whenever there appear scandals and evidence for them to expose and reprimands in the public domain! To the contrary, how unfortunate we are, we have been infected such contagious social disease, yet been deprived off the rights of diagnosis with antidotes (freedom of speech), you can then imagine how demoralise and desperate peoples have become!
Out of vain hopes, peoples here are not giving up as we all feel that we cannot allow such bunch of corrupted minority to rule us under their tyranny and suppressions and we ought to retaliate and speak up with soprano tone, even to resort to some degrees of vulgarities are inevitable and essential! Soft voices through soft talks with the notorious babarians at many times won’t get us far to reach compromisation. At times we will have to use the sticks when the carrots are no longer effective means! For killer disease like cancer, aren’t we have to use hard medicines to counter?
Malaysia Today with Raja Petra’s “provocative” (as regards by the corruptors) speeches have undeniably striken the heart drums of all many decent citizens and their reciprocation in due course! Wouldn’t it be good if we were to take it positively for at least we have seen the reaction and response of the misconduct party and the Ruler’s support to publise the corrupted characters in order to contain such fatal disease in them, if at all, total wipe out is impossible!
By: frank on August 1, 2007
at 9:14 pm
your voice is not feeble,it echos in many hearts
By: krsnakhandelwal on August 12, 2007
at 10:44 am
More and more people on the same side will make the difference
By: Ann on August 24, 2007
at 6:51 am
thanks so much for the lyrics of what a wonderful world. That song is one of my favorite and is always on my mind but i did not know all the words
By: delia on August 29, 2007
at 1:39 am
Dear Dr.Hsu, just bumped into your site today. I must say, good job. have loads of good read at your site. Enjoyed it. Lye.
By: kslye on September 22, 2007
at 5:06 pm
Thanks Lye. Hope u will drop in often and gives your views.
By: hsudarren on September 22, 2007
at 11:04 pm
nice blog! small voice if we put together will be a very big voice.( just vote rightly!)
i’m also looking forward to better malaysia. A country that is well governed, regardless of religion, races or etc.
keep blogging. btw, i will bookmark your blog . nice to read.
By: harris on September 30, 2007
at 12:05 am
Wow! Interesting! Everything on this website is my area of interest. I will definately take time to read the info on this website and I believe it would help tremendously with my studies. Thanks Dr Hsu for having such a great website & blogs.
By: Mary on October 1, 2007
at 8:35 pm
Hi!
I’m from Thailand.
Although I just visit your site,but I think you are such a nice person and I just want to encourage you *U*!! THat’s it.
By: koy on October 12, 2007
at 11:25 pm
Hey Doc. You came up on my Google News alerts for Burma. What an excellent article on the background of the junta. Clean and calm and sharp, like a razor.
I have posted your article on Burma NewsLadder, a quickly growing human-aggregated Burma News site for all articles on Burma. Under “What’s New”.
http://burma.newsladder.net/
I live in the birth place of Rock’N'Roll.
I have been sending around my latest blog post in an effort to get Al Gore and the other Nobel Peace Prize winners to go to Burma Now. I would be honored if you would check it out and spread it too.
I really like your jokes too. Here’s one…
Q) What do you get when you cross the Junta with the Mafia?
A) Guys who will give offer you a deal that you can’t understand.
love and thanks,
om mani padme hum
By: Bourgeois Nievete on October 19, 2007
at 3:13 pm
Doc…This is my first visit to you blog…and noted your various interesting subjects.
Hope to contribute useful comments.
Meanwhile…can you tell me….why must a doctor request a patient to come back three days later…charging RM25..and infect will be at least RM50 total. I have seen quite alot of doctors doing this style of consultations.
I told my doc to give me the best medicine and make it one time visit. He changed the medicine to higher quality stuffs and charge me RM45…now one time visit for three days d=medicine…and I do get cured fast!!
He said..if all his patients are like me..his job will be easier. Do you know what he meant?
By: monsterball on October 21, 2007
at 8:08 pm
hi monsterball, welcome to this blog and hope to read more of your comments.
I really cannot tell u why some doctors do that. There may be a variety of reasons. For one, you may have a viral infection such as common cold and most types of cough, in which case you have to wait for the disease to run its course and for your own immunity to over the flu virus.
Or you may be having a bacteria infection, in which case a strong antibiotics can usually work within 3 days. So he might be giving you a very strong antibiotics.
Good medicine may not necessarily be costly.. If a wrong medicine is given for an illness, not matter how expensive that medicine is, it still may not work. If it is the right medicine, even a not so expensive one will work wonder. This is especially true for bacteria infection.
If the bacteria is resistant to that antibiotics, no matter how expensive that medicine is, it will not work. But if it is sensitive to the medicine which may be just a common antibiotics and not so expensive, it will still work wonder.
The best thing is to talk frankly with your doctor.
Of course there are black sheep in every profession, beside that I cannot say more, because Hippocrates code compels us not to belittle another doctor.
Find a good doctor that you think compatible to you, be open and frank, and stick to him. I don’t encourage doctor hopping, and neither I encourage patient pinching.
Hope this explanation may be of help!.
By: hsudarren on October 21, 2007
at 9:18 pm
Dr Hsu, I have reading few articles you wrote to http://www.malaysiakini.com, at first I thought Dr Hsu Dar Ren is just a nickname. But today I accidentally found your personal site. Dr Hsu Dar Ren is your real name ? GREAT site with GREAT articles you have put up here and malaysiakini.com
A little step today of what you did, a better tommorow is guaranteed for us. You are Malaysia version Sun Yat-sen, you are my hero ! Please keep up the good work. We need many of your kind.
By: YC Lee on October 27, 2007
at 4:28 pm
YC Lee , thanks for your kind words.
I am just a small man not worthy of such praise. But you words have encourged me to continue to walk a small step at a time.
Cheers!
By: hsudarren on October 29, 2007
at 1:09 pm
please gave me sunday afternoon waltz.Thanks a million.
By: ERON on December 31, 2007
at 3:44 pm
Dear Dr Hsu, I am with you that teh world we live in especially MALAYSIA is not a happy place now. Look at the policy that govern us which create a lot more hardship, suffering and discontentment. There are now lines drawn to disintegrate racially and religiously. Why must this happen after 50 years of joy and understanding. This is the direct result of Greed , Hatred and Delusion Boilling in the mind. Malaysian live daily with suspision of each other. The whole dividing policy has to be removed. I can keep talking but it will come to naught. I hope more understanding citizen work with you to make a happier country with success. I appeal to all right thinking people to put down their power of choice in the coming election so that a paradigm shift can take off immediately.
By: toh cheng keat on January 7, 2008
at 1:54 pm
DR
“We share the same biology even we might differ in ideolgy.”
Glad to have found your blog.
By: Looking for Hockey players for TVC on January 11, 2008
at 5:29 pm
We need more websites and writers of these calibes in Malaysia.
By: Philip Lau on January 13, 2008
at 2:31 pm
Hi Dr,
I would like to have your email address for me to forward some documents for your perusal with regards to the latest entry that you wrote on Gan Eng Gor
Thanks
Jo
By: jo on January 27, 2008
at 1:28 am
Dear Dr Hsu,
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
- Edmund Burke.
It is great that good men like you continue fighting in cyberspace. Thank you , keep up the great job of keeping the public informed.
By: CL on January 30, 2008
at 12:00 am
Hi doctor, just first time i been your blog. very good articles and analysis.i feel that we are all in same boat, because psm also fight againts injustice and fair treatment for all .
by comradly
segar
By: segar on March 29, 2008
at 11:51 am
Hello. I am a big fan of Richard Clayderman. Thanks for all the songs you put up. Can you please find the sheet music for Chinese Garden?
P. S. Are you Chinese?
By: Ray on May 14, 2008
at 8:45 am
yes. I am Chinese Malaysian. I have not been able to get the score for Chinese Garden over the net. Sorry for that….Hope you enjoy playing his other great pieces.
By: Dr Hsu on May 14, 2008
at 9:30 am
Just a matter of curiosity. My lawyer friend always tells me, if we call doctors “Dr.” we should be calling lawyers, “Lawyer” and engineers “Engineer” and teachers “Teacher” and drivers “Driver” as well as cleaners “Cleaner” so it is without end.
It is a matter of respect, I know for the number of years you have studied and trained to be a medical doctor, but then for a fair and just society, aren’t we supposed to accord the same treatment to all? How about the policeman who has “policed” for 30 years?
Just thinking aloud.
By: juliatan on May 29, 2008
at 11:01 pm
Dr Hsu,
Just found enough time to really go thru your blog.
First I must sincerely and unreservedly apologise to you for posting a very unflattering comment on Gerakan, not knowing that you are holding a respectable position in the party (assuming you are still with the party).
Your name itself is extraordinary. I am illiterate in Chinese, but the little I know points that your name means literally Big Person, of course in Chinese it would mean Your Honourable Sir! You already had a good start the day you were born!
You know, the first time when I read your “header introduction”…”To do my little bit to make the world a better place” it immediately struck me of the humility of the person who constructed that simple but so powerful a sentence. Despite your busy schedule as a practising doctor, it is really incredible that you still could manage 2 active intellectual blogs of such high standard. And more unbelievable that you could make time for sports and hobbies, especially learning to play the piano!!
My greatest respect for you.
By: Justin Choo on June 3, 2008
at 11:35 pm
Justin, I am not worthy of the praise and the flattery that you have so kindly bestowed on me. I am only a small candle, alone I would not be able to light up a place, but together with other small candles, the illumination will be bright enough to chase away darkness. That is what i believe always… pls read this post ‘ light the candle and climb the mountain“.
You, as a commentator and reader of blogs, is also a candle. So let us join hand to light up the world. My other blog is called ‘Clear Blue sky’ in Mandarin, so hopefully, even if we cannnot see a clear blue sky, our future generation will …. Not only in Malaysia but the whole world.
I believe there will come one day when everyone realise that people can live in peace and agree to disagree in peace. that people will help each other unconditionally like that in the old villages of the yerteryear, and that everyone will be fairer and more equal than the world now, in living standard as well as the way they behave . That will be really a better world… a world with the clear blue sky…
…………….
As for your comment on Gerakan, please be free to criticise and view your opinion. I think the party must be big enough to accept whatever criticism from the people, as without the people , there is no party. So please feel free to air your view and criticism, and help Gerakan go back to the path of its founding fathers.
By: Dr Hsu on June 4, 2008
at 1:49 pm
A very humble, simple and sincere voice,
Your words are not that of the cluttering voice!
Your face is good,your website is good and you
are good,
This old man bows to the divinity within you and
has understood!
May you continue to light other candles,
Without any fear or favour!
By: maktiankwan on June 4, 2008
at 3:51 pm
Dr Hsu,
I have just read your article: climb the mountain and light a candle. You are certainly a very very hopeful and positive person. I am ashamed to admit that I really don’t have that kind of hope for this country with people respecting one another, and living in a level playing ground; at least in the foreseable next generation where much harmful indoctrination had been implanted.
By: Justin Choo on June 4, 2008
at 6:18 pm
Dr Hsu,
I’ve just found your blog and I’m deeply impressed.
You know that in Indonesia, many (I really mean many) doctors do not have enough patience and care for their patients, and that’s why I’ve been learning medical by myself just to build health consciousness in my family. But you seem to have the tenderest heart in the world.
Best wishes to you and keep touching our hearts with your words…..
By: Dominica Azalea on June 13, 2008
at 5:41 pm
Did U studied in University of Singapore, 1973 to 1978, Medical faculty? Originated from Ipoh?
By: songchin on June 20, 2008
at 2:34 pm
songchin, no. I studied in University of Singapore from 1972 to 1977, and I am from Penang , not Ipoh…
By: Dr Hsu on June 20, 2008
at 2:40 pm
I am glad to have found your blog, and reading your views, I share some commonness. I shall spend precious moments here reading your posts.
By: Zubli Zainordin on July 16, 2008
at 9:32 am
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By: Bloggers Sharing Views Of Commonness « A Total Blog on July 16, 2008
at 9:39 am
Dear Dr Hsu,
Thanks for having this forum. I glad that I found your blog.
With the current political tsunami, many non-bumis have migrated overseas mainly for 3 reasons:
1. racial equality
2. children’s education
3. security
With all of your children studying ot have studied overseas, have you ever considered migrating as well or would you encourage your family and friends to do so.
Appreciate your thoughts and comments.
By: Christopher on August 4, 2008
at 12:11 am
Christopher, over the years, a conservative estimate, at least abotu a miilion (inclusing of their children)have migrated. Not just Malaysians Chinese and Indians, but also Malaysian Malays, especially those educated abraod.
I told my children when they go overseas to study that this is their homeland. I will welcome them if they come back. But i will force them if they choose to stay overseas. I am a very liberal person, and I let them choose their own destiny.
the world is becoming very small and as a person who believe in the oneness of our Earth, it is not important to have my children staying near me. Anyway, I am in contact with my children everyday, through skype and msn, and the modern technology has made it so cheap to communicate, as if they are just beside me. I will know what they eat, what show they watch, what frieds they go out with, and they will have parental advice on hands henever they need them.
As for me, my wife and myself will stay put in this country, simply because we love this country, and this is the only place we know since birth. I have even have a burial plot ready in Nilai Memorial, so that when my wife or I die, we would want to be buried here…My homeland and my country.
As for my take on the government policies and the Brain Drain problems, please read my article: http://hsudarren.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/racial-politics-and-brain-drain/
By: Dr Hsu on August 4, 2008
at 10:07 am
Just curious, Dr. Hsu, since you were educated in Singapore, why don’t you choose to stay there as what many people commonly do.
By: A true Malaysian on August 4, 2008
at 10:53 am
A True Malaysian, I will answer this in a post.
By: Dr Hsu on August 4, 2008
at 11:09 am
Dear Dr. Hsu,
I think you’ve a great blog and keep up the good work. Just wanted to let you know I’ve added your blog to my links section.
Rgds
By: Avatar on September 7, 2008
at 10:55 am
sorry that I was not able to post here earlier so I have posted comment in another topic. Hope you have read that.
Rgds.
By: Dr tan thean cheong on September 11, 2008
at 11:00 pm
Dear fellow Malaysian… this is what you should worry about..
http://www.larouchepac.com/files/pdfs/080618_soros_dossier.pdf
By: zopinion on October 17, 2008
at 11:57 am
nice blog doctor
I read your article on one step forward and 3 back also.
By: qasida on November 14, 2008
at 4:27 am
Dr Hsu,
A very good example. If all Gerakan leaders were like you. Then I wouldn’t have left the party two year ago.
By: Viktor Wong on December 22, 2008
at 8:56 am
Dr Hsu,
I was pleasantly surprised to read an objective and rather balanced blog from a BN party divisional “leader”. I am pro-Pakatan Rakyat but I have to admit your writings make more sense than a lot of DAP/PKR blogs (which are rather anti-govt for the sake for it). Keep your good work and I look forward to reading your views.
Cheers…
By: Chabalang on January 20, 2009
at 3:17 pm
I wanted to see your world here. I admire your thoughts and beliefs and try to live my life this way as well.
Many thanks to you Dr. I enjoyed reading your thoughts and the others who have entered here. All the great sheet music is interesting.
David Castagna.
By: David Castagna on March 9, 2009
at 10:06 pm
Dear Doctor,
I was glad to read, after a year, my article on your blog.
I would like to thank you for publishing it. Please note our new website url. It is the same website but with a shorter name.
Hope you will visit us regularly.
Yours truly
Kazi
By: kazi mahmood on March 28, 2009
at 6:22 am
Yes,second your ideal especially triumph of good over evil…but i desperately want to know from your point of view how to subdue persecution.I left Nigeria due to unfounded allegations of “treasonable felony”but i got to Malaysia to find out that the “network” has managed to restrict my freedom…how do i handle this?i can’t go back to Nigeria for fear of being incaserated extra-judicially.
Thanks.
By: Dan Akinpelu on April 5, 2009
at 12:36 am
Two things.
We share your interest in believing in the good in the world. To use this to help achieve more, we have started a grass roots movement we invite you and everyone else to join – a Valentine’s Global Heart Hour and Global Heart initiative, launched by medical students in Toronto in 2009.
This is similar to Earth Hour, using the idea of heart at Valentine’s to turn on hearts for helping the world, the way we turn off lights for Earth Hour. Everyone is invited to do what they feel they are able to in their own and creative way, or join us in our suggested ways.
More at globalhearthour.com
2) I note your mention of the eminent TJ Danaraj and the University of Malaya. I am dong some research on him and would appreciate any comments and links for his work and his ideas going back to 1959, when he published a seminal paper on ethnic differences.
Thanks.
VS Rambihar MD Cardiologist Toronto.
By: Dr VS Rambihar on May 29, 2009
at 9:26 pm
Dear Dr. Hsu,
You have a wonderful blog!
If someone out there (who perhaps has
reached pension age) can put your
Musical Scores into alphabetical order
(Songs, Classical etc.) – perhaps
millions or billions of searching hours can be
saved and used to play more music and make
the world an even better and happier place to live.
Thank you again!
R & M.
By: m&r on August 6, 2009
at 10:27 pm
Hello Dr!
Nice site withgoodies and fantastic music. I have a request. I googled for Yanni’s aria, but I couldn’t find it here. Would you please send it the pdf file. I need the melody and the lyrics. Thanks a lot. Keep on good work
From Brazil
Cintia (aka Honey)
By: Cintia Orlandi on August 7, 2009
at 8:32 pm
With the onslaught of IT, the blogosphere and alternative electronic media, we’re reading more news and issues being brought forward by bloggers from each political divide. Some may seem true, some may not but in general, we all have to weed out corruption in this country. It’s getting out of control, with the PKFZ issue, big mansion, etc. Being a Malaysian, I would like to see a better Malaysia for our next generation but at the rate and direction, we’re definitely heading “south”. It’s a death kneel. What will be future for our next generation? Any good “prescription” to stop this pandemic?
By: Pete on September 11, 2009
at 10:35 pm
Thank you for a good site. I enjoy reading it.
By: Tan Teng Ek on October 13, 2009
at 1:49 pm
Hi Dr Hsu,
I came across your site after googling on 1Malaysia.
After reading your response to my post on the 1Malaysia fund Quota, I was enquistive to know the person behind the message.
I would like to think I have found someone who shares a lot of passion in wanting to make a positive influence on others, particularly Malaysians suffering from myopia.
I am just an old time soldier who retired early, thinking I could easily find my rightful place in the corporate jungle! I must say, it has been one helluva roller coaster ride through a paradoxical culture, shaped by racism, politics and apathy.
I am not as “gifted” as you are but we share the same interest in our line of work, i.e to help people become better!. I am a HR Manager and Professional Coach.
I certainly would like to get in touch with you, with a view to friendship and mentoring for my son who has just started into medicine.
Cheers
Yuva
By: Yuvarajah on November 3, 2009
at 11:12 am
Yuva,
Thanks for your comment and hope you will let us have more of our wisdom..
Cheers!
By: Dr Hsu on November 3, 2009
at 1:30 pm